Given by Sir Charles Pawsey, Lady Pawsey and Mr M. Pawsey
William IV Commission of Major in the East Indies to Captain Hugh Robertson Murray on 10 March 1837. See correspondence from Lady Pawsey, February 1978.
List of Drawings and Paintings bequeathed by Sir Charles Pawsey, I.C.S. to the Archive of the Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge:
Pen and Ink drawing: A Naga Chief from the Burma side of Patko Range. Initials E.G.M. Pawsey says ‘painted by McCall ? Forest Officer – ? Bombay ? Burma. (But McCall initials are H.H.)
A West Angsmi Naga in full dress. Painted by Mrs. Hilda Vickers.
Wash and Pencil drawing by Lt. Col. Gordon Borrowman, 1943, of an Eastern Angami, name of Ritze, killed by rebels.
Painting by Mrs. Hilda Vickers, of Salumi, an Eastern Angami Naga about 1923.
Painting by Mrs. H. Vickers of a (Western) Angami Naga in full dress. n.d.
The head of a Western Angami Naga from Khonoma Village, painted by Lt. Colonel Gordon Borrowman.
Painting of a Konyak Naga from the Wakching area, painted by Lt. Colonel Gordon Borrowman, 1943.
Line drawing of unknown man’s head. Signed Barasman (?) 1942. 1 ff.
Copy of extract from The Daily Mail 1 May 1944, “White Chief of Kohima Undaunted” from Graham Stanford. 3 ff.
Handwritten note headed: “Administration” on the personnel in Kohima. 1 ff.
Five newspaper cuttings, n.d. pertaining to the days after the Battle at Kohima (1944). 5 ff.
Memorandum to Head Clerk. Request for copies of following articles taken from Press of England and India: The Times; Indian Information 1 September 1944; Asian Publicity Department Unofficial Note 7 September 1944; The Listener 2 September 1944; Assam Publicity Department 16 November 1944, Sir Andrew Clow’s address; Memorial Service on the occasion of the unveiling of the memorial erected and dedicated to the memory of the men of the 2nd Division who fell in the Battle of Kohima and the opening of the Imphal Road 18 November 1944.
Poem “Dedicated to the men of the Naga Hills” a tribute from a B.O.R.; two articles from The Times 29 December 1946; article from The Statesman December 1944. 21 ff.
Article from S.E.A.C. Souvenir (n.d.) headed “The Eastern Fleet rules the Indian Ocean.” 2 ff.
List of those present at the Annual Assam Dinner, London, 6 May 1952.
Newspaper cuttings: The Times 22 December 1943 Civilian Awards in Burma Campaign. Daily Mail 1 May 1944.
Cutting from Daily Mail 2 June 1944 headed “Round Pawsey Sahib’s Bungalow” with photograph of the Deputy Commissioner’s bungalow.
Army photographs, with an Indian theme, taken from The Onlooker October 1944.
Two pages showing the different battle fronts and photographs of army in Burma campaign. Unidentified newspaper. n.d.
Pencilled telegram from Stopford H.Q. 33 Corps to Deputy Commissioner
Naga Hills 19 June 1944. Last Naga village liberated. Congratulatory message to Nagas.
Copy of letter from General Slim to Governor Sir A. Clow, of Assam,
24 June 1944 expressing appreciation of Nagas. Covering letter from Clow to Pawsey.
Copy of reply to No. 17 from Clow to Slim, 26 June 1944.
Memorandum from Main H.Q. 33 Indian Corps. No. 1250/1/G.S.I. (b) dated 22 June 1944. “Civil/Military Intelligence Policy”. Relates to the probable cooperation of the different Naga peoples. 3 ff.
Letter on recruitment to the Assam Regiment, signed by several Nagas to Sir A. Clow, through Pawsey, 31 July 1944. Various grievances and requests.
Copy of letter from four groups of Nagas to the Governor of Assam. Kohima 6 August 1944.
Letter from Inspector General of Police, Assam to Pawsey, 26 August 1944. Acknowledgement of letter on the Assam Rifles.
Letter from Clow to Pawsey, 13 September 1944.
Cutting from The Statesman 13 August 1944.
Two cuttings from S.E.A.C.
Cutting from Daily Mail 1 May 1944.
Cutting from The Daily Express 12 June 1946.
Cutting from The Berkhamstedian n.d. Relates to fighting around Pawsey’s Kohima bungalow. 2 pp.
Letter from Edward Bennett, chaplain 2. S. Lan. Regiment S.E.A.C. to Pawsey. 25 October 1944.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel A.A. Agar H.Q. 2nd Division to Pawsey. 12 November 1944.
Letter from Mrs W.G. Lyons Montgomery, Dorset to Pawsey. 19 November 1944.
Letter from Major General C.G.G. Nicholson, Commander 2nd Division, S.E.A.C. to Pawsey. 21 November 1944. Relates to maintenance of Kohima Memorial.
Copy of letter in answer to No. 32 from Pawsey to Nicholson. 23 November 1944.
Letter from T.B. Alder, Government House, Shillong to Pawsey. 2 December 1944. Relates to Wavell’s visit to Imphal.
From H.Q. 14th Army S.E.A.C. to Pawsey, n.d. Invitation to attend Investiture. 15 December 1944.
Letter from Montagu Stopford, 33rd Indian Corps, S.E.A.C. to Pawsey. 4 December 1944.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel A.J. Stocker, Commander lst Battalion The Royal Welsh Fusiliers S.E.A.C. to Pawsey. 12 December 1944. Request for upkeep of their memorial stone on Kukis piquet.
Letter from Lieutenant-General F.W. Messervy, H.Q. 4 Corps, S.E.A.C. to Pawsey. 15 December 1944.
Copy of letter from Pawsey to the General in Command of the 7th Indian Division. December 1944.
Copy of extract from Amrita Bazar Patrika. 16 August 1945. “Jap invasion of India”. 4 ff.
Cutting from Indian Information. 1 September 1944. “Japs expelled from India: human desolation on the Tiddim Road”. 2 pp.
Cutting from The Statesman. 6 March 1948. “The Nagas’ Friend”. On Pawsey.
Cutting from The New York Times. 1 March 1948.
Cutting from The Illustrated London News. 6 January 1945. Sculptures of Naga tribesmen. 2 pp.
Unidentified newspaper cutting. 8 June 1949.
The Illustrated London News. 3 April 1948. Photographs of Mountbatten visiting Nagas.
Cutting from The Statesman. 14 May 1945.
Cutting from The Statesman n.d. Article with photograph by Brigadier H.N. Obbard on “War Cemeteries in India and Pakistan”.
Letter from Mezhur to Pawsey on above article. Kohima 25 June 1949. 1 ff.
Cutting from The Assam Tribune. Ganhati 11 March 1948. Editorial on Naga Head Hunting. 2 pp.
Daily Telegraph. 17 January 1949.
Article taken from The National Review by W.P.G. Maclachlan. “The Kohima Box”. 2 pp.
Letter from Major General C.G.G. Nicholson, H.Q. 2nd Division, S.E.A.C. to Pawsey. 9 May 1945.
Details to all units of Victory Day Parade, Kohima, from H.Q. No. 4 Station Staff, S.E.A.C. 9 May 1945.
Artist’s impression of War Memorial to 2nd Division at Kohima.
Service sheet and newspaper cuttings connected with the unveiling by H.M. the Queen at Westminster Abbey of the Memorial to the Civil Services of the Crown in India, Burma and Ceylon, 1858-1947. 6 March 1958. 6 pp.
The Times 25 May 1950. Obituary of Lord Wavell.
Unidentified newspaper, n.d. Photographs of Naga Festival.
Cutting from The Times 17 September 1955. Obituary of L.S. Amery.
Cutting from The Times. 25 May 1950. Obituary of Lord Wavell.
Letter from Sir Akbar Hydari, Governor of Assam, to Pawsey. 10 September 1947, on the implications of the change in the constitutional position as far as the Excluded Areas were concerned. 2 ff.
Copy of letter to Sir Akbar Hydari from Pawsey. 4 September 1947. 1 ff.
Letter from Sir Akbar Hydari to Pawsey. 26 August 1947, on future administrative arrangements in the Excluded Areas. 1 ff.
Letter from Sir Akbar Hydari to Pawsey. 16 April 1947, on Kevichusa and he reaffirms his intention of abiding by the arrangements stated in the understanding at Kohima. 1 ff.
Copy of letter enclosing No. 67 from J.P. Mills to Pawsey. 1 August 1944.
Copy of extract from “Detailed Report on the Naga Hills Expedition of 1879-80, Chapter II”. 3 ff.
Copy of a report “The Siege of Kohima 1879”. 11 ff.
Pawsey, Sir C. Papers: Box 7
Sir Charles Pawsey, I.C.S., C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C.
Given by Sir Charles Pawsey, Lady Pawsey and Mr M. Pawsey
Scrapbook containing mostly congratulatory letters on Pawsey receiving his knighthood. (1948). Several others referring to “The Siege” by A. Campbell and a proposed film on Kohima. Various reunion dinners. 4 February 1943 from W.D. Macintyre of 63rd Indian Light Infantry Brigade describing army manoeuvres, and marches – A few personal letters written. in the early 1950s, pp.242.
Envelope entitled ‘The Naga Problem’ Containing the original work written in 1965, pp.12 and Sir Charles Pawsey’s additional material written in 1967, pp.28. There are several copies of both drafts. Also envelope of a draft copy of Ceasefire Politics in Nagaland by Gordon P. Means 1971, pp.34.
Government Regulation Papers 1921-1927 to do with premature retirement, pp.24. Also framed with glass a drawing of a Naga Chief with inscription on the back “From the Burma side of Patko Range … painted by MacCall, Forest Officer”.
MS obituary of J.H. Hutton. 9pp.
Pawsey, Sir C. Papers: Box 6
Sir Charles Pawsey, I.C.S., C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C.
Given by Sir Charles Pawsey, Lady Pawsey and Mr M. Pawsey
Scrapbook probably belonging to Mr. R.H. Pawsey, I.C.S. Collector at Faridpur in India from 1861 until his death 1884(?) containing mostly newspaper cuttings and a few letters from Indian servants. Covering the years 1861-1897 approx. Many undated and several loose pages. Random articles but several relating to India, i.e. p.6 The Englishman 12 May 1871. Cutting from The Daily News April 30, 1891 showing plan of Manipur and article on the fighting there. Other subjects such as the Salt Tax, rural police in Bengal, the Siege of Kohima from The Pioneer (Item 193). pp.78, Items 222.
“Diaries of two tours in the unadministered area east of the Naga Hills” by J.H. Hutton from memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. XI, No. 1, pp. 1-72, printed in 1929 by the Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta. Loose page at back – extract copy from diary marked (A), pp.88.
Copy of Ura Dze, July 1972.
Envelope marked “Naga Connections” containing 7 postcards and cards.
‘The Mixed Culture of the Naga Tribes’ by J.H. Hutton reprinted from The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 95, Part 1, 1965, pp.43.
‘Problems of Reconstruction in the Assam Hills’ Presidential Address for 1945 by J.H. Hutton. Published by The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, pp.7.
Scrapbook containing letters, articles and other items belonging to Sir Charles Pawsey. Letters of congratulations on his receiving the CSI. Letter from Sir Andrew Clow, 5.4.45, Shillong with his comments on Pawsey’s proposed war record of Kohima, “The Naga Tribes in the Tarikh-i-Assam” by J.H. Hutton taken from Professor Surya Kumar Bhuyan Commemoration Volume, pp.66-68, “The Pakistan Army” by a Pakistan Army Officer taken from The British Army Review No.9 September 1959, pp.71-74, two letters from Sir Keith Cantlie written from London 1969 giving a summary of Assam as seen by his daughter Audrey, pp.88-101 mostly newspaper cuttings about Nagaland and various obituaries from 1970-1, pp.105.
Pawsey, Sir C. Papers: Box 5
Sir Charles Pawsey, I.C.S., C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C.
Given by Sir Charles Pawsey, Lady Pawsey and Mr M. Pawsey
Papers belonging to Roger Henry Pawsey, (uncle of Sir Charles Pawsey):
Civil Service of India. Table of marks, examination 1860.
Covenant as member of the Civil Service at the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, 23 August 1861.
Certificate of appointment and permission to travel overland in September 1861
Notification of appointment as magistrate and collector, Cuttack, 13 June 1882.
Permission to return from leave to Furreedpore, 16 January 1883.
Instructions for claiming on Civil Service Fund, 23 January 1883.
Notification of appointment as magistrate and collector, Furreedpore, lst Class, 4 November 1884.
Correspondence concerning Sir Charles Pawsey’s visit to Sikkim, 1965 13pp.
Sunday Times account of Coronation of Palden Namgyal as King of Sikkim.
Press photograph of Maharajah of Sikkim and American wife.
Account by Lady Pawsey when Mrs. Halliday, of her life in Assam in 1920s, as the wife of a saw-mill owner. Probably written about 1974.
Pawsey, Sir C. Papers: Box 4
Sir Charles Pawsey, I.C.S., C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C.
Given by Sir Charles Pawsey, Lady Pawsey and Mr M. Pawsey
Three scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings, articles, photographs, maps and letters about the ‘Naga problem’; obituary notice of Professor J.H. Hutton, 1968; September 1968 – February 1969; March – September 1969.
A miscellaneous album of newspaper cuttings etc., containing some cuttings from the Morning Post c. 1891; the Pioneer 1879; various lists of passengers etc.
Pawsey, Sir C. Papers: Box 3
Sir Charles Pawsey, I.C.S., C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C.
Given by Sir Charles Pawsey, Lady Pawsey and Mr M. Pawsey
Duplicated article ‘Notes on the war in Manipur’, by C. Gimson. 14 pp.
Pamphlets:
‘Nagaland at a glance’, 1966.
‘Nagaland is born’, Government of Nagaland, Kohima (n.d. ? 1964).
‘The Nagas, an unknown war: India’s threat to peace’ – an account by Gavin Young reprinted from the Observer; preface by George N. Patterson, Naga National Council, London, 1962.
‘The search for peace’, by Rev. Michael Scott, with letter to J.H. Hutton inside and Hutton’s comments on the back, 1966.
‘The campaign in Burma’, H.M.S.O. 1946.
Blackwood’s Magazine with article: ‘The Assam rifles in peace and war’, by Sir Robert Reid, May 1947.
‘Burma: a miracle in military achievement’, by the Supreme Allied Commander, S.E. Asia, (n.d. ? 1946/7).
‘Into Burma’. Inter Services Public Relations Directorate, G.H.Q. New Delhi, (n. d. ? 1945-7) .
Envelope containing newspaper cuttings about Harcourt Butler.
Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings from 1944-69; two copies of SEAC Souvenir, no dates; maps, H.M.S.O. 1951.
Pawsey, Sir C. Papers: Box 2
Sir Charles Pawsey, I.C.S., C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C.
Given by Sir Charles Pawsey, Lady Pawsey and Mr M. Pawsey
Pocket file containing: TS paper ‘The mysteries of Manipur’, by Joy Brock; newspaper cuttings and letters on Naga affairs, 1964-65, including results of the Naga elections in 1964; correspondence about Sir Charles’ visit to Nagaland 1964, etc.
Pocket folder containing: Press cuttings and correspondence on Naga affairs 1965, including letters from Brigadier C.E. Lucas Phillips; a paper on the Dzuku Valley hydro-electric scheme; an address on Christmas Day by Rev. Michael Scott, Nagaland Baptist Church, Kohima (1965); and a large number of newspaper cuttings on the Underground Parliament etc. Folio notebook with letters and newspaper cutting on Naga affairs 1966-68, filed in order.
Pawsey, Sir C. Papers: Box 1
Sir Charles Pawsey, I.C.S., C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C.
Sir Charles Pawsey, I.C.S. was appointed Assistant Commissioner in Assam in 1919 becoming Director of Land Records in 1932. He was made a Deputy Commissioner in 1935 and was D.C., Naga Hills during the Burma campaigns of 1942 to 1944.
Given by Sir Charles Pawsey, Lady Pawsey and Mr M. Pawsey
TS copy sent by J.P. Mills, Adviser to the Governor of Assam for Tribal Areas and States, to Sir Charles Pawsey, 1 August 1944, of an old file recording the first siege of Kohima, 1879-80. 3 pp.
Notes written by Sir Charles Pawsey for his own information:
‘The Naga problem.’ 1965. 14 pp.
‘The Naga problem continued, 1965-67.’ 19 June 1967. 8 pp.
‘The Naga problem (part 3), June 1967 – November 1968.’ November 1968 (2 copies.)
Part 4 – report carried up to the end of 1969. February 1970. Postscript, March 1970. 3 pp. and note.
Pocket file containing papers on early Naga troubles, 1950 etc.; copy of typed memorandum to the D.C. Naga Hills, 24 April 1947:
Draft of memorandum on the subject of the status of the Assam Tribal areas vis-à-vis the Constituent Assembly;
letter from Sir Andrew Clow to Sir Charles Pawsey, 26 April 1947;
letter from Brigadier Steedman to Sir Charles Pawsey 23 March 1953;
series of newspaper cuttings relating to the Naga problem – from The Statesman 13 September 1951; Assam Tribune Monday 6 April 1953; Daily Express, Friday 21 September 1956 etc.
Pocket file containing papers on Naga troubles 1956-58: These are mainly newspaper cuttings, placed in order and dated, about the Naga uprising and Indian suppression; interspersed are letters from such people as Sir Keith Cantlie, J.H. Hutton, Gimson, Stephen Laing etc.
Pocket file containing papers on Naga troubles 1959-61: Duplicated paper entitled ‘The fate of the Naga people: an appeal to the world’, by A.Z. Phizo, President, Naga National Council, 1960; newspaper cuttings, with one or two letters.
Naga troubles 1962-63: ‘Letters from J.H. Hutton, George Supplee, Sanka Ao, George Patterson; newspaper cuttings.
